Electric water pump/electric PS pump

[Jager]

Originally Posted by sam c.

Does anyone know if an electric water pump or an electric PS pump has ever been tried?

I was wondering when you were going to start thinking about this when you started playing with pulley sizes. Do you plan to race your Boxster on the track?

[stephen wilson]

Davies Craig sell an aftermarket elec. water pump with a controller to adjust pump speed as needed.
Davies Craig

[sam c.]

The mr2 is the one I had in mind when thinking about PS pumps. Its pretty convenient in that it has an integrated reservoir and the controls are pretty straight forward. It's my understanding that a lot of modern cars (Mini Cooper included) have gone to electric PS for mpg and power. In fact, some of them don't seem to use fluid or pumps at all - just an electric motor attached to the steering shaft.